Representatives of this ethnic group can be found everywhere. With gypsies, many people associate fortune-telling, bright dances, noisy fun, nomadic life, gypsy baron and lots of gold jewelry. You have many personal acquaintances of this nationality, what do you know about their way of life and customs?
Do you know that gypsies are from India, they even still understand simple phrases in Hindi and can watch Indian films without translation. However, scientists have not been able to determine exactly when given people migrated and dispersed throughout the globe. After all, now gypsies can be found in all corners of the planet, except for Antarctica. Only in Europe their number is 12 million people.
The most terrible punishment for any gypsy is expulsion from the camp. It applies only in the most difficult circumstances or after serious crimes. The widespread word "lave" in Russian appeared precisely from the gypsy language, and it means, of course, money. If you saw a gypsy with an earring in one ear, it means that he only child in family. Have you ever seen a gypsy with short hair? Most likely not, because short haircut among representatives of this people means dishonor. Hair was forcibly cut for exiles or isolated people; to this day, gypsies do not cut their hair short.
Nowadays, the Gypsies for the most part abandon their nomadic lifestyle, about 1% of European Gypsies still move from place to place. And the most interesting concept in the culture of this people is considered to be called "filth". This word gypsies call the lower part female body and they believe that if an adult woman walks over something, then this place will immediately become defiled. This concept also applies to women's clothing below the waist, shoes, which is why the gypsies, in general, live in one-story houses so that they are not defiled from above.
The most unusual and common gypsy dish is fried or baked hedgehog. Especially this dish is loved by Polish and Baltic gypsies. It arose, most likely, during the period of life in the forests, during the constant persecution of the gypsies in the past. During gypsy holidays, it will be extremely difficult to see a drunk gypsy. It is not customary for them to drink a lot at the table, therefore, during the festivities, young people are on duty, who are not allowed to drink in the presence of elders. Their duties include preventing all kinds of conflicts and helping those who do not know their limits.
Among the Gypsies, the cult of children is so widespread that adoption is a common thing for them. In a family with children, guests, gypsy custom, are obliged to carry treats and gifts, and if a child really liked some little thing at a party, then they should give it to him. The more a Romani woman has realized herself as a good mother, the more she is loved, appreciated and respected in the community. Gypsies, for the most part, profess Christianity or Islam, but there are also representatives of other religions.
The things of the deceased gypsy or what he touched before his death are considered dirty and are buried with him in the grave. The same story with the things of a woman in labor: they are subject to destruction. Although this can be explained not only by the religion of the people, but also in terms of sanitary conditions. The well-known frills on the puffy gypsy skirts have a simple explanation for their poor life. Just when the hem of the skirt was completely worn out, the woman cut it off and sewed on patches from old dresses or pieces of cheap fabric. Many gypsies marry virgins ancient custom, a bloody sheet is shown to guests after the wedding night. After the wedding, the newlyweds usually live in the groom's house with his family, and over time they move to their own house. Only younger son with his wife must stay with his parents to care for them in old age.
Scientists believe that the root cause strong love gypsies to gold jewelry is insurance against poverty in the event of divorce. If the husband kicks him out of the house and does not give money, then earrings and rings will come in handy. Some gypsies know the basics of hypnosis and use this knowledge to enrich themselves and deceive, so we advise you not to look them in the eye during a conversation or meeting.
In 1944, the German concentration camp Auschwitz, which was located in Poland, was destroyed. It housed a large number of gypsies from the east of Europe. According to the most conservative estimates, about 21 thousand gypsies, including children, the elderly and women, died in the dungeons of the camp.
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In Romania, near Bucharest, there is one of the richest cities in the world - the gypsy Buzescu. In a provincial town, former traveling merchants got rich and changed their wagons to luxurious mansions. There are about 800 houses here, each costing from 2 to 30 million dollars. This is Beverly Hills No. 2 - the capital of gypsy millionaires.
Six-year-old twins Gelu and Edi Petrache are waiting for the holiday to begin on Easter Sunday. They live in one of hundreds of quaint houses built in Buzescu after the fall of the communist regime in 1989. The wealth of the gypsies in Buzescu, legal and otherwise, comes mainly from the trade in silver and other metals.
Along the main street of the town of Buzescu, with a population of 5,000 different styles, from villas to castles. The men of this city are usually busy traveling on business, and women look after the expensive household.
Hands folded on a solid belly, a straw hat sits on his head like a crown: an elderly gentleman named Paraskiv, lounging on a bench, looks around his quarter - his kingdom. The view opens up to him, in the eyes of a stranger, rather unexpected for a deep Romanian province. On both sides of the main street and even along the side unpaved lanes, fantastic mansions rise. Their facades are strewn with balconies and columns, the roofs are in towers, turrets and domes. Behi and Mercy are proudly driving along the streets. Here is the driver of a truck transporting pigs, slammed on the brakes and stares around in surprise. Paraskiv smiled. It is his hometown Buzescu, the site of the rarest phenomenon in European demographics - the rich Roma.
“I built my first house back in 1996,” says Paraskiv, nodding toward his villa, a bizarre hulk. The names of his children, Luigi and Petu, are stenciled on the top of the tin-covered tower. “The sons want to dismantle the house and build a new, different form. They say that this one is no longer fashionable,” Paraskiv shrugs. “If the kids want it that way, I agree.”
Only two stories high, Paraskiv's house is considered modest here. Giant five-story palaces with ribbed columns sprouted like mushrooms on the southern outskirts of the city. There are also houses that resemble modern offices with rounded mirrored walls. There are buildings like ancient castles with battlements. Houses in the style of Swiss chalets are also popular, with a peaked gable roof and gnomes at the entrance. In total, about a hundred gypsy mansions have grown in an ordinary provincial town of 5,000 inhabitants, 80 kilometers southwest of Bucharest. About a third of the city's residents are Roma, not all of them rich, but rich enough to turn the city into a visual, albeit odd, object of national pride.
“Rich Gypsy” sounds like a mistake, a sly mockery. The life of many of the two million Romanian gypsies (they make up about 10 percent of the total population of the country) is very unsightly. Their communities live in filthy urban slums or in towns - cardboard huts clinging to each other - on the outskirts of cities. About the same way the Roma live all over Eastern Europe where this people is despised for poverty, lack of education and stubborn isolation from other nationalities.
For many gajes, as the non-gypsies are called by the Roma, the luxurious mansions in Buzescu are like an eyesore, boasting of undeserved wealth. But the gypsy elite cares little about the opinion of outsiders. Residents of the town make it clear that they do not want outsiders to ask them questions and take pictures. “Pleaka, pleaka” (“Go away, go away”), the children shouted to me. The adults looked unfriendly and turned away when I approached them. “These mansions are for insiders only,” Gelu Duminica, a sociologist who specializes in Roma people, told me. “This is a way to demonstrate wealth and status within the gypsy community.”
For residents of luxurious gypsy houses, appearance is very important. 13-year-old Kasi preens for her future husband, 14-year-old Sami, whose picture hangs on the closet door. Arranged marriages between children from wealthy families are still very common in Buzescu. Kashi is already living with Sami's family, but they will officially get married when they are 17 years old.
Parents try to give their children everything that they themselves lacked: good cars, heaps of toys.
But where did this wealth come from? The local Roma say simply: “Metal trade”. In Buzescu, most of the gypsies belong to the Calderas group, which translates as "coppers". They are traditionally associated with blacksmithing. In the early 1980s, the Buzescu families traveled around the country in wagons and stopped in towns where they sold cauldrons - copper stills for brandy production. For the best craftsmen such as Paraskiv, it was profitable business, because cauldrons were sold for hundreds of dollars. The communist authorities, however, monitored the activities of the gypsies, and therefore wealthy families tried not to draw attention to themselves.
After the fall of the communist regime in Romania in 1989, the Kalderashi entrepreneurship took off in full swing. The creators of cauldrons and their sons traveled all over Romania and Eastern Europe, collecting silver, copper, aluminium, steel and other valuable metals and alloys in abandoned factories, not always legally. Many Roma from Buzescu hit a big jackpot in the metal trade. “After the revolution, even a fool could build five mansions by selling metal,” grinned Marin Nicolae, a former cauldron merchant.
For a whole week I wandered the streets of Buzescu, trying to persuade someone to let me into the house. Photographers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kaszynski have already walked this road: they lived in the gypsy quarter for two months and, having shown unprecedented perseverance, were admitted to several houses. I stood at the front gate and held in my hands the photographs that Karla and Ivan had taken inside the luxurious mansions, appealing to the curiosity and vanity of the owners. Sometimes it worked.
And then the front doors swung open to reveal gleaming marble spaces, chandeliered ceilings and, as the centerpiece of the play, the huge staircase from the movie Gone with the Wind. Most of the rooms looked completely uninhabited. Often the only inhabitants of such mansions are old people and small children who live in the back rooms and eat in the kitchen. Parents and older children are away, they are engaged in business, returning home only for holidays, christenings and funerals.
Most of spacious rooms are used only on holidays, for weddings and funerals. Preparing for Easter, Simona Iancu polishes the front hall to a shine.
Douro and Valeria Constantin rarely dine in their sumptuous marble-floored dining room.
Another surprise for me was that they live in modern mansions in the same way as they lived a hundred years ago. At Victor Filisan's house, I asked permission to use the toilet. And the owner took me not to a modern bathroom with a jacuzzi, but to a separate house at the end of the site - they use this toilet with their wife. Traditionally, in order to maintain ritual purity, many Roma cannot cook and use the toilet under the same roof. Other ancient traditions are also alive. I have seen teenage wives serve dinner to their young husbands. Parentally arranged marriages of children from the age of 13 are still very common among wealthy families in the city.
On every street, new houses are constantly being built or old ones being demolished to build even more imposing and luxurious mansions in their place, as Paraskiv's sons plan to do. It seems that there is nothing permanent here, except for family ties.
“We are the most civilized gypsies in Romania,” a man named Florin boasted to me. “If we see something beautiful, we immediately want something even more beautiful.” When I repeated this phrase to the elderly widow Rada, who also used to be the mistress of the mansion, but now lives out her days in a small house where chickens run around the kitchen, she looked at me, a stupid gadzhe, and said: “It doesn’t matter how high you build a house , anyway, in the end everyone ends up in the grave.
In the backyards of rich Roma houses, old village traditions are still alive. On the day of the christening of a child, men send a pig as a gift godparents. Some wealthy gypsies, especially older people who grew up in nomadic wagons, feel uncomfortable in posh mansions and prefer to live in outbuildings and kitchens in the yard.
On Easter morning, Zakharia Bureata tied a tie made of solid gold thread, on which his name and the brand of his car - “Hummer” are woven. Other residents of the city try to imitate his style. “People think that all gypsies are poor and dirty,” one of the owners of the mansions told me. “They should have looked at us!”
Outside the affluent Buzescu quarter: a small kitchen belonging to a poor gypsy family serves as a dance floor for six-year-old Yasmine Iancu. She is spinning in a dance for grandfather Ion. Yasmina's mother works in Spain. In many Roma families, adults do business abroad all year round, while children are raised by older generation.
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Most of our ideas about gypsy culture are true. They really adore bright decorations and pretentiousness, and still do not skimp on emotions: if a wedding, so that the whole world will know, if a quarrel, so that several future generations will not talk to each other.
Modern communities of, say, American gypsies look a little different than we might imagine: women are not necessarily dressed in long colored skirts and headscarves. However, there is something that all members of the community strictly follow.
For example, it is very rare for a gypsy to get an education. We are in website they were quite surprised by this and decided to find out about other rules of conduct that gypsy girls should follow.
Marriage traditions
Gypsies hold their culture sacred, and an outsider who claims to be a gypsy's hand is called Gorger - that is, someone who does not belong to their community and is not a gypsy. Girls mostly find their love among the community, with rare exceptions. The desire to preserve their own culture is so great that marriages between cousins are not uncommon here.
A girl must marry a virgin. What will happen to a gypsy who does not retain her virginity until marriage? It is considered dirty and defiled the community. In doing so, she risks being left broke: no gypsy man would go against the rules of the community by marrying her after she had given herself to another.
By the way, average age marriage - 16–17 years for girls and 18–19 years for boys, and this marriage, according to traditions, should last for life. A gypsy who is married may not even think about divorce. In the Romani community, remarriages are not welcome, and in order not to "desecrate" the community, a woman can enter into only one marriage for life.
It is extremely rare for women to leave their husbands. And, as a rule, they no longer enter into a new relationship. In the eyes of the community, this casts a shadow not only on her, but also on her daughters.
Submission to parents
A girl growing up in a gypsy community early age surrounded by rules dictated by parents. Of course, such a system exists in most other cultures, but in gypsy culture, parents (and especially the father) have great authority, and the daughter is obliged to do what she is told. When she gets older, she is allowed to leave the house only accompanied by family members (and these are not necessarily parents - sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles can accompany the gypsy).
For the same reason, parents often choose a husband for their daughter without relying on her opinion. Arranged marriages among Roma are not uncommon. And after the parents marry the gypsy, she will be obliged to honor and obey her husband in the same way as her parents.
Boys have much more freedom in this regard - they can leave the house alone, choose their own bride, etc.
Can't call the police
As a rule, gypsies sort out their affairs loudly and noisily, often rushing into a fight with representatives of a hostile family. And this is also part of their tradition. However, all problems are solved within families, without the involvement of the law. It is not in their rules to sue or call a police squad: the gypsies are more likely to come in a crowd to the house of rivals or arrange a showdown at a wedding. In the worst case, the family will renounce whoever calls the police for a showdown. Anyone in the Romani community must know that doing so is against the rules. Men accept this, but some girls are still trying to bring the raging relatives to order with the help of the law.
Gotta deal with the violence
Statistics domestic violence in gypsy communities is incredibly high. A study in England showed that 61% of married gypsies in England experience violence from their husbands. Women have to put up with it. Gypsy Sisters contestant Mellie says that once ex-husband locked her in the trailer, and when she managed to get out, hit her several times. The girl's family convinced her to take the man back. The girl explains why this is so: "This is a gypsy tradition, and it must be honored."
Maintain cleanliness in the house
If in most countries a woman can afford not to be a housewife and sometimes be too lazy to do the cleaning, then for a gypsy this is unforgivable. Hygiene in Gypsy culture takes important place, and it is the woman who is responsible for maintaining cleanliness in the house. She must abide by several rules, in particular, not to share her dishes or cutlery with anyone, including her spouse. All utensils are washed several times: under running water, in a separate bowl with boiling water and again under running water.
Wash men's and women's clothing relies separately. The upper part of the body is considered clean, while the lower part is dirty, so that the clothes “to the waist” and “below the waist” are washed separately from each other. And of course, underwear is also subject to personal washing.
Pregnancy is a special period
Pregnant woman should not make physical contact with someone. At this time, she does not even sleep in the same bed with her husband. Accept water procedures relies only on holy water. In addition, a gypsy woman carrying a child is released from household duties: during this period, her husband prepares food and keeps the house clean.
American gypsies, however, sometimes neglect this rule - their women are more independent.
Wear bright and provocative clothes
Despite the fact that the behavior of a gypsy should be chaste, her outfit should really scream about the opposite. Thus, she can attract the attention of her future husband without making any effort (because getting to know guys first gypsy girl can not). Most a prime example such behavior is the American gypsies who dress up every day as if for a holiday. And if a wedding or birthday is planned, in the course go the most spectacular jewelry and the most luxurious dresses.
Can't go up to the 2nd floor
Photographer Evgeny Domansky captured how the male and female parts of the camp of gypsy-kotlyars enter the bus through different doors so as not to touch.
In gypsy culture, the concept of "foulness" is still widespread, which is directly related to the fact that the lower part of the body is considered dirty. This does not apply to girls and virgin girls, but puberty married woman considered "unclean" below the waist, and touching her skirt or shoes means "to be defiled". Because of this, if the family lives in a 2-story house, a woman was forbidden to go up to the 2nd floor - only children and young girls were allowed there. But in some gypsy houses there is a garage on the 1st floor, so the woman automatically ended up on the 2nd floor. About the people living in such houses, other gypsies say that they are "fucked up." For the same reason, because of the "filth", during the feast, women sit separately from men.
Guests for men and women also come separately
It is customary among gypsies-kotlyars that a married woman can only wear a skirt. Kirill Kozhanov says that unmarried Kotlyar girls often wear jeans, and after marriage they can put on a skirt right over them.
Certainly some features gypsy life outdated. Not only that, they are also quite cruel towards the girl. What do you know about any other similar traditions in other countries?
The father of the bride or her brothers appoint a ransom for the bride in gold in kilograms or banks. For example, they may ask for a couple of three-liter jars of gold jewelry: rings, chains, earrings, etc.
At the wedding, they demonstrate the “honor” of the bride to all guests
On the day of the wedding, the older women of the family close with the bride in the bedroom to check if she is a virgin. Deprivation of virginity takes place in the same place, without any participation of the groom, after which a white sheet with a blood stain is taken out on a beautiful tray and shown to all guests.
A wedding between gypsies from different countries is impossible
A wedding with a gypsy from another country is tantamount to a wedding with a representative of another nationality, which means it is impossible.
They often adopt children
A gypsy is required to have at least one son in his family. If the heir for a long time does not appear, then the parents adopt the boy from the orphanage. In this case, the child can be of any nationality and have any appearance. In part, this is where the widespread myth that gypsies steal children came from.
They do not consider it necessary to send their children to school
As a rule, the Gypsies send the child to school only so that he learns to write and read, since from the age of 6-8 they begin to accustom him to the family business. Therefore, if after the 3rd grade a child still goes to school instead of helping his parents to trade, he is considered to be wasting his time.
They can't have a woman taller than a man.
In a two-story gypsy house, no woman can go up to the second floor while the man is on the first.
Their women always wear two skirts and an apron
Gypsies believe that a woman is “unclean” below the waist, which is why touching her skirt can “desecrate” both an object and a person. To prevent this from happening, a woman should always wear two skirts. Moreover, the second skirt is considered a little “dirty” lower, so that only the apron is “clean”. Only you can touch it and only you can lean dishes against it or wipe your hands.
They have an internal court
The gypsies have their own internal court, in which judges are respected gypsies. They listen to the arguments of each side, determine the guilty party and pass judgment on it. The most serious punishment is the requirement to leave the community.
They swear in the coffin
The most common oath, to prove their case, among the gypsies is the oath on the icon. And the rarest, which is used only in the most intractable situations, is an oath in a coffin. The gypsy lies down in a special coffin and takes an oath, where he says that if he is lying now, then in the near future he will lie in this coffin.
Their children spend years saving money for their parents' funerals.
According to tradition, the funeral of the gypsies are rich. Sometimes children have to save more than one year for the funeral of still living parents. If death occurred suddenly, then all relatives will try to raise money for a decent gravestone. It is considered a special luxury to put the deceased stone monument with a full length portrait.
One gypsy legend says that God loved the gypsies so much for their fun and talent that he did not tie them to patches of land, like other nations, but gave the whole world for life. Therefore, gypsies can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
One of the most interesting gypsy concepts is the concept of "badness". It is associated with the lower body of a married or just an adult woman. It is enough for her to walk over something, as this place becomes "desecrated". Clothes worn below the waist by a woman and shoes are automatically considered "desecrated". Therefore, in the female National Costume many gypsies in the world include a large apron. And for the same reason, in order not to be defiled, gypsies prefer to live in small, one-story houses.
Only 1% of Russian gypsies wander.
Gypsy short hair is a symbol of dishonor. Hair was cut off by the exiled and isolated. Until now, the gypsies avoid very short haircuts.
Medicine knows no cases of leprosy among gypsies. That is, gypsies do not get leprosy.
Gypsies understand many simple phrases spoken in Hindi. That is why gypsies are so fond of some Indian films.
Gypsies have "undesirable" professions, which are usually hidden in order not to "fall out" from the gypsy society. These are, for example, factory work, street cleaning and journalism.
Like every nation, the gypsies have their own national dishes. Since ancient times, the gypsies lived in the forest or near it, so they ate animals caught on the hunt - hares, wild boars and others. A special national dish of the gypsies is a hedgehog, fried or stewed.
Carriers of gypsy genes are called romanorat. Romanos are recognized as having the right, if they wish, to become gypsies. Romano rat are the band's guitarist Rolling Stones» Ronnie Wood, Sergei Kuryokhin, Yuri Lyubimov, Charlie Chaplin and Anna Netrebko.
The word "lave?" in Russian jargon, borrowed from the Romany language, where it has the form “love?” (Gypsies do not “kayat”) and the meaning is “money”.
An earring in one ear of a gypsy means that he is the only son in the family.
More about gypsies...
Many people associate the word "gypsies" with such concepts as freedom, liberty. In fact, rather strict morals reign in the gypsy family.
Gypsies, natives of India, wherever they appeared, led an isolated way of life - they are strangers everywhere. But those who stayed for a long time in a particular area, over the years adopted the customs of the indigenous population. Mostly Russian Roma (Russian Gypsies) and Serves (Ukrainian Gypsies) live in Russia. Gypsy Magyars from Western Ukraine and Central Asian Lyuli gypsies come to Moscow in search of work.
Gypsies differ in religion - Orthodox Christians mostly live in Russia and Ukraine, but there are Muslims and Catholics.
NO DISCOS!
Marriages among the gypsies are concluded quite early: the elders are afraid that the youth will “go wild and spoil”. In addition, a younger girl quickly gets used to the way of her husband's family.
It is not customary for gypsies to go on dates, to discos. Usually young people get acquainted at the weddings of relatives and other celebrations. Parents, of course, look after future spouses for their children, but more often they act as advisers, not dictators. Every father, every mother wants the family with which to intermarry to be respected, noble and decent. And if you're rich, even better. But no one is forced to marry.
Living among one's own presupposes awareness of everything. "Gypsy Post" knows where the beauty has grown up and where you can send matchmakers. As soon as the son hinted to his parents about his choice, preparations for matchmaking begin.
Sometimes this is a separate festive event with its own canons - to whom to say what, where to sit, and so on. And if the families have agreed, a wedding is being prepared.
WITNESSES OF CHASTITY
Gypsy wedding celebrations like theatrical performances. For example, only those women whose family life succeeded. The blessing of the bride and groom with icons is obligatory - for Christians, of course.
And the chastity of the bride is an indispensable condition. The bride and groom are solemnly escorted to separate apartments with songs, dances, then just as solemnly welcomed. As a sign of purity, girls pin red flowers on their chests. A wedding veil is opened over the heads of the bride and groom so that the guests can verify the innocence of the bride, other, already “adult” songs and ditties are sung to the young. The girl puts on a new outfit, a scarf is tied around her head.
In some groups of Crimean gypsies, bride price is still paid. And at the weddings of gypsy-lovers they don’t give gifts, it is believed that anyone can come and just enjoy the happiness of the young.
The legends that gypsies steal brides have a basis real basis. This happens in our time if parents do not approve of the choice of children. But in such cases, wedding feasts, as a rule, are not arranged. Everything is quiet and modest.
"BARO ROM" AND HIS WIFE
Young people in most cases stay with the groom's parents. Then, over time, they move under their own roof. Only the youngest son with his family should stay with his parents - someone needs to take care of them.
The daughter-in-law gets up earlier and goes to bed later. She performs all household functions under the guidance of her mother-in-law. A gypsy will never reread a man, will not enter into a male conversation until she is addressed. There are legends about the fidelity of gypsy women, they know how to respect men, take care of them, and most importantly, they protect the honor of the family. You will never hear a gypsy woman dishonor her husband in front of strangers or talk about what he should do. She silently goes and does it. She will earn money herself and will never reproach her husband for not bringing money.
However, for the most part, gypsy men feel responsible for their family, children, and relatives. This is instilled in them from childhood.
Sometimes men, of course, allow themselves to be lazy, lie down on the couch in front of the TV. They love to show off in society in chic clothes, to splurge: he big man, "baro rum"!
All men are in love with horses. Ring with the image of a horse's head or a horseshoe - worthy decoration for the gypsy. If you can’t own a horse, then at least forge its image on the gates of the house! Many men collect figurines of these animals. Now cars are replacing horses, and any gypsy will name dozens of the best foreign cars.
"WILL I WANT!"
The standard of living of many gypsies is very low: it is a squatter building without water, sewerage and gas. There are such places throughout the post-Soviet space. But in Europe, as, indeed, already here, some gypsies live quite decently: they travel in cozy wagons with a trailer.
Genetics is a stubborn thing. Therefore, in high-rise buildings Gypsies are stuffy, difficult, they want freedom. They try to live closer to the ground - in private houses, or at least on the ground floors.
Gypsies decorate their homes with carpets, stucco, and love expensive dishes. Food is always prepared a lot - you never know who will look at the light. A gypsy will never let a person out of the house without giving him at least some tea. By the way, tea is brewed strong, adding lemon and apple slices to it, and drinking from crystal glasses.
Modern gypsies, of course, do not wear 12 skirts, like Gorky or Tolstoy characters. But their clothes are often different from what others wear. Most of all, of course, gypsies love black. But they are not indifferent to bright colors - red, white, turquoise, gold. Favorite fabrics - chiffon, velvet, guipure. Length - maxi or midi, short skirts are worn only by city girls, and even then rarely. Shoes in everyday life - without a heel, but the festive one is very chic! Gypsies love gold jewelry, and more diamonds. Favorite stones are turquoise and corals.
WHO ARE YOU, WHO IS YOUR FATHER?
It is not customary for gypsies to speak out loud about love, you cannot touch a strange woman even in a dance. If you are a real man know how to manage your emotions. I liked another gypsy - do not show it, well, except in a song or dance, throw out your passion. The hot temperament of men sometimes leads them into the arms of strangers, not gypsy women. Society treats this condescendingly, although it does not welcome it.
Mixed marriages do happen though. And if the wife is of a different clan-tribe, she gradually “gypsies”: she takes on the gypsy culture, customs, language. If the spouse is of a different nationality, then the gypsies sometimes try to take over in order to build life in their own way. In the end, this is how it turns out: after all, life depends on the woman. Divorces are extremely rare in gypsy families. But if a man leaves, then he, as a rule, takes care of the children or takes them to new family. When meeting gypsies, they ask each other: “Whose are you? Who is your father?"
Fortune-telling is a primordially gypsy skill passed down from generation to generation - both joy and sorrow for a fortune teller. If you see trouble and can't do anything, it's hard! From the outside it may seem that everything is simple - he looked at the cards and voiced it. In fact, it is hard work for the soul, for the mind. To see the past, present, future, you need to tune in, enter a certain state and concentrate. And after the session, you should restore strength. But when you are thanked by people who have found their love or overcome an illness, have given birth to a baby or achieved success in business, is that not happiness?
OUT OF TIME
But the real gypsy happiness is to be a child in a camp. You are the tastiest, you are always with your mother, everyone loves you, kisses, gives gifts, spoils you. Therefore, if one of the “strangers” in the car or on the street refused to give a gypsy a coin, he will not be upset, and his self-esteem will certainly not suffer from this. Well, if they offend, then there will always be someone in the camp - a sister, brother, aunt or godmother who will console, reassure.
Unfortunately, the gypsy mother sees her task only in ensuring that the child is well fed and healthy. Not everyone understands the need for education. Yes, and it is difficult for gypsy children to study in regular school. Poor knowledge of the local language interferes - the kids simply do not understand what they want from them. In addition, for gypsies there is no category of time, because of this, learning to come to class on time is beyond their power.
Social conditions are also sometimes against studying - there is nothing to wear, shoes, there is no place in the house where to do homework. In addition, gypsies have a prejudice that at school more liberated peers will teach their children something bad.
Nevertheless, having an education is already becoming prestigious. And many encourage their children to study. Of the universities, the gypsies prefer the institutes of culture and ... tourism business- that's where it manifested itself, longing for the nomad! ← Older post
